S1 • E1    Oct 12, 1981    1h 40m
8.0
In the spring of 1943, disillusioned Army captain Charles Ryder stumbles upon Brideshead, once home to the Marchmain family, and recalls how he visited it for the first time twenty years ago.
Directed by Charles Sturridge, Michael Lindsay-Hogg
  • Jeremy IronsCharles Ryder
  • Diana QuickLady Julia Flyte
  • Roger MilnerWilcox
  • Simon ChandlerLieutenant James
  • Richard HopeLieutenant Hooper
  • Gary WaldhornMajor Wilson
  • Kenneth CranhamSergeant Block
  • Nickolas GraceAnthony Blanche
  • Michael BiltonHayter
  • John GielgudEdward 'Ned' Ryder
  • Mona WashbourneNanny Hawkins
  • Anthony AndrewsSebastian Flyte
  • Robin HooperCaptain Dodds
  • Jeremy SindenViscount 'Boy' Mulcaster
  • Charles SturridgeDirector
  • Michael Lindsay-HoggDirector
  • John MortimerWriter